Who can vote by mail in Navarro County, and where the form goes

Texas has no no-excuse mail voting. You qualify for a mailed ballot only if you fit one of a short list of reasons: you're 65 or older, you're sick or disabled, you'll be out of the county during early voting and on Election Day, you expect to give birth within three weeks before or after Election Day, or you're confined in jail but still eligible to vote. Anything else, and you're voting in person.

The application itself snags people, because plenty of folks mail it to the Secretary of State in Austin, where it does nothing. It has to reach your county's Early Voting Clerk, and in Navarro County that's Allie Thomas at 601 N. 13th Street, Suite 3, in Corsicana, (903) 875-3330. You can fax or email a scanned copy to beat a deadline, but the original paper still has to land at that office by the fourth business day after; a fax alone won't hold your spot.

Deadlines slide with every election, so you're better off sending the request early in the window instead of the week of. If you're not sure whether your reason qualifies or when the form is due for the next election, Thomas's office is the one to call. Her line, 903-875-3330, is the same one that runs early voting in the county.